Asiana Airlines ICN-HAN inflight turnback 29.02.2020 due Wuhan Flu/coronavirus?

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29th Feb 2020, 16:59

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Asiana Airlines ICN-HAN inflight turnback 29.02.2020 due Wuhan Flu/coronavirus?

Must be one of those mornings when you wonder why you even got out of bed.

Yonhap News Agency

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200229002900320

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhor.../#52a63f786ba1

29th Feb 2020, 19:01

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Today's flight shows cancelled.

1st Mar 2020, 12:05

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It was an A330-300 with just 40 pax, as incredible as it being turned away. If that is a typical load factor on OZ how long could they sustain for. Other Korean carriers must be hurting from this too.

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If that is a typical load factor on OZ how long could they sustain for.

The linked article makes it clear that it isn't, and why. Though we could probably have worked that out.

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The linked article makes it clear that it isn't, and why. Though we could probably have worked that out.

I think daelight was wondering if it is currently typical of Asiana flights. If it is, then the virus will be putting its finances under extreme pressure.